Improvement in blacking-brushes



UNITED STATES P A'rrnvr OFFICE.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AVERILL, OF DUNKIRK, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HIM- SELFAND SAMUEL JAMES GIFFORD, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BLACKING-BRUSHES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 116,794, dated July 11,1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AVERILL, of Dunkirk, in the countyof Chautauqua and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Blacking- Brushes, of which the following is aspecification:

This inventionrelates to boot, stove, and shoeblacking brushes; andconsists in forming on top of the polishing-brush a reservoir orcylindrical receptacle for the blackin g, provided with a screwpiston,which forces the blacking through an attached pipe or nozzle into thesmall brush for putting it on the boots, &c., as hereinafter described.y A

In the drawing the figure is a sectional side elevation of the wholedevice.

A is thepolishing-brush; B, the small blackin gbrush; C, the cylinder/orreservoir; D, the piston; E, the screw for operating it; and F, thehandle. The reservoir C is made cylindrical, or in any other appropriateform, and is secured to the back of the brush A. The front end is formedwith a hollow nozzle or pipe, a, to which the small brush B is attached,as in ordinary brushes, at an angle, as shown. To the end of this nozzlea small rubber or other elastic tube, b, is secured in any suitablemanner, so that it will not interfere with the working of the bristles.It is made of elastic substance, so as not to abrade the leather as thebristles wear down. The piston Y boxes, besides forcing ontinto thecenter of the brush, where it is wanted, just so much blacking as isrequired, thus preventing waste. The opposite end of the screw E runsloosely in'a pivoted socket, e, attached to the end of the brush. Thescrew is moved by a wing-nut, g, which works the piston D back andforth.

The operation is as follows: The piston Dis screwed back until it isremoved from the cylinder, when it may be turned around by the pivot e.The cylinder is then filled with blacking in a liquid or paste form andthe piston replaced and gradually screwed up until a sufficient quantityof blacking is forced out of the nozzle b for the purpose required.

I claim as my inventionl. The flexible tube b attached upon the curvedpipe c of the hollow cylinder C, in combination with the piston D andits operating-rod E, when constructed and arranged in relation to thebrush B of the shoe-brush A, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

2. The arrangement of the handle F, reservoir C, piston D, packed head cd, screw E, pipe a., and rubber tube I), in combination with brushes AB,all operating vin the manner and for the purpose specified.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses. Witnesses: B. F. AVERILL.

J. R. DRAKE, C. N. WooDwARD.

